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JOURNAL OF PERIODONTOLOGY
Volume 88, Issue 6, Pages E88-E96Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2016.160438
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Antimicrobial cationic peptides; biofilms; cyclodextrins; Fusobacterium; periodontitis; Porphyromonas
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- Brazilian agency Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Level Education Personnel (CAPES), Brazil
- Brazilian agency National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brazil
- Brazilian agency State of Minas Gerais Research Foundation (FAPEMIG)
- Brazilian agency National Institute in Science and Technology in Nanobiopharmaceutics-Nanobiofar, Brazil
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Background: Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have shown rapid and potent effect against planktonic bacteria. However, control of periodontopathic biofilms is a challenge even for AMPs. Thus, the present study evaluates in vitro antimicrobial activity of synthetic peptide LyeTxI and association compound LyeTxI/beta-cyclodextrin (beta CD) against multispecies biofilms. Methods: Sensibility to LyeTxI and LyeTxI/beta CD was determined for planktonic Gram-negative periodontopathogens. Time-kill kinetic assay was performed at minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) in all planktonic strains. Multispecies biofilms were grown on pegs using a biofilm device and studied by scanning electron microscopy at 2, 5, and 10 days. Minimal biofilm eradication concentration (MBEC) was determined for 2-and 4-day multispecies biofilms. Metabolic activity of biofilms was determined by fluorometry study. Results: Biofilms showed reproducible cell density on pegs of the biofilm device. LyeTxI and LyeTxI/beta CD were active against all strains tested at concentrations <= 62.5 mu g/mL. Kinetic assays showed rapid bactericidal effect of LyeTxI against all periodontopathogens. MBECs of LyeTxI and LyeTxI/beta CD against multispecies 2-day biofilms were two-fold higher than MICs of cells shed from biofilms. LyeTxI was able to reduce multispecies 2-day metabolic activity by 90%. Multispecies 4-day biofilms were tolerant to all agents tested. Conclusions: LyeTxI and LyeTxI/beta CD are active against periodontopathic bacteria, showing rapid bactericidal effect and may be used to prevent biofilm development. In the future, AMPs could be therapeutic tools for treatment of periodontitis.
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